Please help Identify this design

[CarlF]

Hi,

I am new to the forum and need help identifying my wooden sailboat. I posted a description of my boat some time ago and was asked to provide pictures. It is an 18.5 foot centerboard lapstrake sloop. It was built by Hubert Johnson - Bayhead NJ. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The pictures are located at www.photobucket.com/fitz252boat (http://www.photobucket.com/fitz252boat)

Thanks

[Hwyl]

The town class is 16.5 feet but otherwise very similar

http://townclass.net/default.aspx

[johngsandusky]

It's really beautiful. Hubert Johnson built many boats proffessionally. It might be his own design, or a local one. You might do a search on the builder, or check with historical societies local to it's origin. If it's a dory it will have a flat bottom made up of three planks. Have fun.

[TerryLL]

I was really feeling stupid not knowing this boat. She is such a classic, proportions are excellent. She looks like an Indian and a Town Class and the Sea Chanty, all of which have been mentioned, but at 18.5' she is not any of those designs.

http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad302/fitz252/Boat007.jpg

http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad302/fitz252/Boat002.jpg

http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad302/fitz252/Boat003.jpg

Someone please ID this boat and tell me where I can find the plans.

CarlF, do you know what the bottom looks like? How is she rigged?

[RodSBT]

I detect the boat envyometer just got pegged!:D

Yep, it's a perty darn nice looking boat. Very similar to my old Oslo 18 but this one is in wood. And looks faster to boot.

[CarlF]

Wow, what great information! I will try to answer some of the questions that were asked. There is no insignia on the sail, I am pretty sure she has three planks on the bottom, and I am quite sure she has no lead in the bilge. She is a fractional sloop rig.

Thanks to all who have replied.